"So Jacob Stockdale apologised for his error. Feel sorry for the bloke. But has Tadhg Beirne said sorry for diving yet?

"Those hammering or questioning me for disapproving of Beirne’s dive (Munster fans, oddly) are an embarrassment. He is a wonderful, epic rugby player whom I love to watch, but this piece of behaviour was s**t," respected TV pundit David Flatman tweeted at the time.

"I can see where everyone is coming from when I look at it, it doesn't look particularly good. It looks a bit flamboyant," he told the newspaper.

"But from my perspective it was essentially being blindsided by a bloke who is 20kg heavier than me. I was off balance and I was going down, then 'Jez' (Jeremy Loughman) catches me from behind and I landed awkwardly and that's why I ended up staying down.

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"I debated whether to say something about it, but I knew myself I didn't dive as everyone was saying

"The first time I saw (the clip) I said, 'it's blatant I got hit there', but the more you slow it down it probably does look like I go down easily.

"It was getting a bit ridiculous how much traction it was getting, especially when you've the likes of Brian O'Driscoll commenting on it. David Flatman tweeted that I should apologise for it and all of that just brought more attention."